73.5% of residents of Opa-locka North speak English at home.
20.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
4.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (10% speak English very well, 49% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 1,975 (26.0%)
(58.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Opa-locka North, Florida

4331995 to March 2000

1911990 to 1994

2761985 to 1989

3351980 to 1984

931975 to 1979

501970 to 1974

881965 to 1969

56Before 1965

First ancestries reported:

Other: 4,133 (73.4%)

West Indian: 791 (14.0%)

United States: 207 (3.7%)

Subsaharan African: 146 (2.6%)

Irish: 59 (1.0%)

English: 57 (1.0%)

German: 56 (1.0%)

Italian: 47 (0.8%)

Norwegian: 36 (0.6%)

French Canadian: 27 (0.5%)

Polish: 22 (0.4%)

Dutch: 16 (0.3%)

Arab: 8 (0.1%)

Scotch-Irish: 8 (0.1%)

Danish: 5 (0.09%)

French: 5 (0.09%)

Greek: 5 (0.09%)

Swedish: 5 (0.09%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Cuba

Opa-locka North:

29.2% (444)

Florida:

24.1% (642,951)

Jamaica

Opa-locka North:

25.1% (382)

Florida:

5.3% (141,182)

Other Caribbean

Opa-locka North:

9.6% (146)

Florida:

1.4% (38,484)

Haiti

Opa-locka North:

9.1% (138)

Florida:

6.8% (182,224)

Guatemala

Opa-locka North:

3.5% (53)

Florida:

1.2% (32,310)

Peru

Opa-locka North:

3.2% (49)

Florida:

2.0% (53,939)

Vietnam

Opa-locka North:

2.6% (39)

Florida:

1.1% (28,790)

Honduras

Opa-locka North:

2.0% (31)

Florida:

2.0% (52,778)

Spain

Opa-locka North:

1.6% (25)

Florida:

0.6% (15,401)

Nicaragua

Opa-locka North:

1.6% (24)

Florida:

3.7% (98,022)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 3,183

Other state: 1,286

Northeast: 286

Midwest: 130

South: 842

West: 28

54% of Opa-locka North residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 44% lived in Florida.